iwishiknew Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Just curious on peoples thoughts if suicide is a sin or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Bear Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 "Thou shalt not kill" is pretty clear to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lboogie23 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I don't know for sure, i mean i guess no one knows for sure but in the bible it does say that suicide is a sin and a hellworthy tresspass. Personally i would not want to find out the hard way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBHFutureAllAmerican Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 well, when you're dead...you're dead, so i don't think it really matters, life is the most precious thing you could ever have, even at it's worst, it's better than anything you can get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfindependent Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 why do wnat to know? there are several arguments over the "sin" of suicide i feel bad for posting it up tho, its like I feel like im giving people another reason as to why suicide is not a sin... u know what I mean? also depends on your belief as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellFrost666 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Well, the Vatican says so, and the Bible says so. But here is something you may not have considered. Even most Satanists condemn suidice, myself included, because we see it as a cowardly way out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 It's a mistake and a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isidore Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 "Living is not the good, but living well. The wise man thereforeeee lives as long as he should, not as long as he can. Eternal law has never been more generous than in affording us so many exits from life to one entry. This is the one reason why we cannot complain of life: it holds no one back." ~Seneca 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dako Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 As an agnostic, I don't consider it a sin. Nothing is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBHFutureAllAmerican Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 as a very loosely based Buddhist, i consider life the greatest thing ever given to you and i also agree with HellFrost it's the cowards way out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff777 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Life is a precious gift. It's not our right to take it - its not our decision. The Lord has a better way for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedQueen Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Life is a precious gift. It's not our right to take it - its not our decision. The Lord has a better way for sure. So if somebody kills themself, they are acting against The Lord, but if someone is kidnapped, raped, tortered, maimed and killed, they are submitting to The Lord's "better way for sure"?!?!?!? That makes absolute no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey2095 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Murder and suicide seem to be universally unacceptable... Having said that though... in case of humanitarian reasons, I could see it as an option. Only, under those circumstances. Jeffrey2095 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day_Walker Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 I think that depends on the perameters in which you want the question answered if you are assuming a judeo-christian morality then the assumption is that suicide is a sin based on the commandment "Thou shall not kill" it seems logical to say that it applies to ones self as well as to others. Of course then there is a dilemma because if one was "saved" then later one commits suicide, it seems that it would still be a sin but it would have been forgiven. It all depends on the belief system that you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedQueen Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 If you want to smoke, so be it. If you want to be obese, so be it. If you want to tattoo yourself, so be it. If you want to kill yourself, so be it. What one does to their own body, at least in my opinion, is well within their rights and jurisdiction. If you want to kill someone else, well then...we have a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willow2900 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 some people believe that if you commit suicide that you re-enter the world as a new person. thereforeeee, until you work through your issues, they will continue to follow you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dreamer Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Suicide is a sin only if you think it is. Suicide will only hurt you, or someone you know, in the long run if you or they think it will. It does not matter one bit what others, like me, tell you. Our responses are just perceptions, not reality. Suicide is fortunately a choice just like all other actions in life. Suicide is a tendency of a self developed thought. I guarentee that the masses commit suicide as a result of inaccurate negative perceptions and understandings of themselves. I wish I knew why you would ask such an irrational question about suicide. I hope you eliminate your concern as to whether suicide is a sin or not, thats the least of concerns. Suicide is a sin if only you think it is. Only you can make that decision. It is your decision to give your power to another. If I were God, any act of suicide for irrational reason, would by far be the worst action any human could take to improve their future. Running away from reality deserves no respect, and I would hope my God sees the same. That is hope, not reality. Humans must always strive to better themselves, no matter the difficulties. Clearly life is a frickin **** for many at times. I had considered taking my life years ago. It was short lived and probly the best wake up call I could have asked for. As a result, gettin through those times is what makes it all the more worth it. I will have many times in my future yet I have no worries. I favor the challenge for the first time in my life. It feels weird but damn good. Gettin through those *** times are the keys to achieving. Life is perception and we all have perception. Thank God and myself for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veneratio Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 like some people have said, it depends on your beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dreamer Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 If you want to smoke, so be it. If you want to be obese, so be it. If you want to tattoo yourself, so be it. If you want to kill yourself, so be it. What one does to their own body, at least in my opinion, is well within their rights and jurisdiction. If you want to kill someone else, well then...we have a problem. Thats plain beautiful and absolutley correct. Smart Queen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherBrokenDoll Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 Ok suicide is against the bible yes, and i'm a christian so i believe in all that. Yet i have a theory that god takes mentle ilness into consideration as you aren't in your "right" mind as such. Just my beliefs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellFrost666 Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 ^ Do you think God takes mental illness into consideration when somone goes crazy and kills other people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 It's a mistake and a waste. Maybe a sin too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 ^ Do you think God takes mental illness into consideration when somone goes crazy and kills other people? Yes, because "free will" is the basis of responsibility, which is the basis of sin. Without free will, there can be no sin. At least that is what the Bible teaches. I'm not sure myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedQueen Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 ^ Do you think God takes mental illness into consideration when somone goes crazy and kills other people? And this is precisely why no "God" exists. When someone goes postal and decides to go on a killing spree, that decision has nothing to do with god. If anything, such a display of chaos and sadness provides proof of the world that we live in, that being a world without justice, and, or a "god". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Bear Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 ^ Do you think God takes mental illness into consideration when somone goes crazy and kills other people?I'm banking on it! Seriously, though, the question "Is suicide a sin?" presumes and implies the existence of the Judeo-Christian concept of sin and, by extension, the veracity of the Bible containing the prohibition of killing found in the Decalogue--the very cornerstone of both religions--thereby answering itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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